Our Scholars

Combating Climate Change Through Solar Power When Purdue University Stamps Scholar Theresa Saenz was working on a project that, if it worked, could increase the efficiency of a solar panel by one percent, she was ecstatic. While it might seem like a small...

By Ezra Remer On June 23, 2017 United States Naval Academy Stamps Scholar Edward Hanlon plans to launch his ambitious RSat small satellite into space in conjunction with the NASA ELaNa XIX program, on Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket. His RSat project is part of the AMODS...

Through Miami University’s Architect Department, I was able to travel to Ghana for six weeks with fifteen other students for a design build architect studio. The first half of the trip was spent traveling the country while working on our design for a community center....

A Personal Reflection on my Study Abroad Experience in Beijing This past school year, I was blessed with an opportunity to intensively learn Mandarin, widely travel, celebrate the Lunar New Year, and take majors courses alongside Chinese students in Beijing. As a...

Encouraging Literacy through Technology College of William & Mary Stamps Scholar Sora Edwards-Thro has studied five languages: French, Spanish, Haitian Creole, German, and English. She's also written five novels and now wants to spread her love of languages and...

Entering a Global Classroom University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) Stamps Scholar Dafna Bearson is using her scholarship to gain a valuable and unique global education that will build the foundation for her future career. She plans to major in economics with...

From Tumbling to Medical School When he was two years old, Stamps Scholar Garret Waterstradt began gymnastics classes and developed a passion for the sport that led to a spot on Team USA at age 16. Now a kinesiology major at the University of Illinois, his goal is to...

A Family Connection to Curing Autism Having a brother with autism has influenced University of Mississippi Stamps Scholar Dylan Ritter to use his background in chemistry and biochemistry to find a cure for the neurodevelopmental disorder. From a young age, Ritter, who...

Zack Faircloth Discusses His Path to Student Body President. Zack Faircloth is an Ogden Honors College junior, double majoring in electrical engineering and political science at LSU. Currently, he serves as the LSU Student Body President and is a member of the Greek...

Devon Shuman Inspires a Lifetime of Learning Around the World. As an English education and creative writing double major at Miami University, Stamps Scholar Devon Shuman wants to inspire a culture of reading, both close to home and around the world. Growing up in...

From Irish Dance to Global Health, Bridget Oei Sees Science Everywhere. From a young age, Bridget Oei was encouraged to see the science in everything around her, whether that was the physics behind Irish dance, one of her life passions, or thinking of ways to...

Bethany Dill is committed to social justice at Barry University and beyond. In a recent Q&A, Bethany Dill describes life as a Stamps Scholar at Barry University and shares how the scholarship has impacted her undergraduate experience. Where are you from...

Featured below is a recent Q & A with Stamps Leadership Scholar Luke Harmon-Vellotti. He shares his passion for chess and how he integrates the game into his life at UCLA. Where are you from and what high school did you attend? I am from the wonderful city...

PARIS — When Kaitlin Block was thinking about colleges during her senior year at Paris High School, the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana was not really on her radar. “I never planned on going to the U of I. Actually, my original plan was to go to Illinois...

Photo by: Wendy Gregory Jacob Bieker Combines Physics and Computer Science to Reach for the Stars. Because of his family, Jacob Bieker’s passion for science started young. Growing up, he read the physics papers his mother and grandfather wrote as...

"I know what it's like to be different from everyone else around you, to overcome obstacles, to confront adversity." That's the opening line in then- 14-year-old Megan Zahneis' essay for Major League Baseball. It's an essay about struggle, perseverance and...

Can colleges teach future journalists not to plagiarize? Whenever my fellow journalism students and I go to a lecture or conference about the industry, we play a little bingo game. Points are awarded for mentions of the following events: Rolling Stone’s UVA sexual...

Ashwini Joshi is Highlighted in UConn Magazine. For biomedical engineering major and aspiring physician Ashwini Joshi ’17 (ENG), substantial scholarship support has offered immeasurable opportunities to grow not only as a successful UConn student, but also as a...